Heike Makatsch

About Heike Makatsch

Born in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Father: Rainer Makatsch - former German national ice hockey team goaltender.

She spent several months in New Mexico in 1988 in an effort to improve her English, and later studied politics and sociology at the University of Düsseldorf for four semesters, which was followed by an apprenticeship as a dressmaker until 1994.

Makatsch was involved in a 7-year relationship with British actor Daniel Craig.

She has three daughters, born in 2007, 2009, and 2015; the first two are with musician Max Martin Schröder, from the German indie band Tomte. She has been in a relationship with actor Trystan Pütter since 2015. He is the father of her third child.